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Corporate Commitment to ESG Driven by Value Creation
There is no turning back. Corporate focus on long-term value inextricably links to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors. Despite “anti-woke” sentiment heightened by state and federal politics, the business case for adopting sustainability strategies is reflected by the growing number of companies in multiple geographies and industries that incorporate…
Read More > 04.23.2024
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BlackRock CEO Sees Looming Global Savings Crisis
Zero hour for retirement funding. BlackRock Chair and CEO Larry Fink’s annual letter to investors describes what he calls a global retirement crisis. BlackRock therefore has a sizable stake in spearheading solutions to the crisis: Half of the $10 trillion in assets managed by world’s largest asset manager are retirement…
Read More > 04.08.2024
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A Sign of the Times: Starbucks Drops ‘DEI,’ Favors ‘Talent’
Shareholders overwhelmingly approved Starbucks’ fiscal year 2024 compensation plan in a say-on-pay vote that received 90% yes votes. The 2024 pay program removes explicit diversity and sustainability goals from bonus considerations for top leaders and modifies the equity incentive plan around issues of talent and sustainability. Last…
Read More > 03.26.2024
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A Match Made in London Adds Depth and Scale to Farient
A desire to expand its geographic reach while providing greater opportunities for staff led Robin A. Ferracone, the founder and CEO of Farient Advisors, to undertake a combination between Farient and Remuneration Associates (Rem.n), located in London. The deal, announced in a March 6…
Read More > 03.12.2024
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SEC Wants to Know How Directors Oversee Climate Risks
After two years of vigorous debate, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on March 6 approved by a 3-2 vote the nation’s first climate disclosure rules—weaker than what was originally proposed in March 2022. Of note, the SEC dropped a controversial plan to require companies to…
Read More > 03.11.2024
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Farient Advisors Acquires Rem.n
Los Angeles, California, March 6, 2024 – Farient Advisors (Farient), a leading independent executive compensation and corporate governance consultancy, today announced the acquisition of Rem.n (Remuneration Associates), a London-based independent remuneration and governance consulting firm. The acquisition augments Farient’s corporate governance and compensation advisory services to public…
Read More > 03.06.2024
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Farient Advisors Names Angela Moe Partner
New York, March 5, 2024—Farient Advisors, a leading independent executive compensation, performance, and corporate governance consultancy, today announced the promotion of Angela Moe to partner. Angela joined Farient as an analyst after receiving a BS degree from Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor…
Read More > 03.05.2024
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Tesla Case: Questions of Process, Independence
Judicial opinions rarely make for good reading. The Delaware Chancery Court decision rescinding Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s $55.6 billion performance-based equity compensation package is an exception. In a 200-page judgment released after the market close on Jan. 30, Chancellor Kathaleen St. Jude McCormick cited Musk’s “extensive ties”…
Read More > 02.19.2024
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SEC’s Pending Rules Put Boards at the Ready
“Time is money. Time is risk.” So said U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler speaking at the European Commission on January 25, 2024, in reference to the timing of the clearance and settlement cycle for securities trading. Beginning on May 28, 2024, a rule…
Read More > 01.30.2024
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A New Year Predicated on CEO Transitions
Like families, all companies are different. Those helmed by entrepreneurial founders, legacy executives, or rogue CEOs—some of whom may have controlling stakes in their companies—are the outliers. For most large-company public company boards, leadership transitions take place in an orderly fashion. At least that is how they appear in their…
Read More > 01.16.2024
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RIP Compensation Committees?
In a different era, public company boards of directors typically had three standing committees: audit, nominating and governance, and compensation. Today, however, amid the growing complexity of business and changing expectations and rules governing corporations, boards are electing to alter their committee structures to keep pace with their increasing oversight…
Read More > 01.16.2024
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A Look Back at Compensation Committees’ Greatest Challenges
What a year it has been. Our world was beset by unthinkable humanitarian crises and wars likely to alter social, personal, and political proclivities for generations to come. It was a good year to refresh our thinking on all aspects of leadership beginning perhaps with Walter Bennis and Burt Nanus’s…
Read More > 12.12.2023
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